Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-01-14

township, Pa, Was one Of n party Of ser, der
OF = ne ~ married couple on Thursday evening
of last week. The party were treated to viii.
Ky, and Glnbe. Is said to have drank quart
Of the liquor, from the effects Of which be died
Friday nlgst.
DR.. VIM. Perry. the o dest person in Exeter
\. II D, aud the oldest graia.ts of ii award Col
lese, died Tuesiay, aged IS years, lie sas
the sole survivor OF the passenger oa Fulton 5
hrst steamboat ride down the Hudson 10 years
ago. He always gave the asms Of the boat =.
katherine OF CiAtem ,nt instead Of ClerGost
Thon,s A Ellison, the famous electrician
-ho has been lying at Le~eliyu Park, y.
j, has suffered a relapse, but 40 fe.rs arc en-
tertaiaei by his friends lie 10 aGeriug from
pueunoni.. lie has bees Constantly siIended
BY the most skilful physicians. M,atay be
vas much improved, and the ph ysiciaus hope
for steady convaleseence.
John T. Morris, the reporter 10 B.ltinors,
who refused 10 sacrifice biz honor by be,fayias
newspaper cent ience, has been released on
a mandanus, after seventeen dsys inprise o..
msnt- The term OF the grand jury, whose
qaestisns he declined TO answer, expired Sat.
urdsy, sed &C sordias TO = former ruling he
coala Be no logger held for eostempt
Isaac Sprague, tn. Living Skeleton" sied
10 Chicago, H., last SLturd.y he .s' born
10 Bridgswsisr. Mss, aud w.s qai's healthy
an:il bis l2th year wsen be csughl crsnp
while in SWIMMING, felt sick and lost nrsh no
III be weighed only - pounds B,ruum took
him all over the Cait.d States, Csasi. aud
Esglaus. lie -. married and the father Of
three robus, chtldres
Vile the festivities Of The Jsckpa Clgb
banquet we're 10 proErrss 10 Cler.l.si. Ohio
Friday night . senssiioa "a. created shea ex-
Senator AIen g. Tsarnau ,adieaIy Tell 10 {,
super from ht, chair Al To. table lie "a, re-
moved to q carriage add t.ken to his r-sid.ncs
position being only ten 2orary. II. bad eesa
Ill for some days before III. bangle
The city council Of Ba6.lo. y. Y. i. svepl,
divided this yesr-lhirie,n d-norra's .sd ,hir.
teen republicans. As on. OF the r-pu siies o
rnenbeR vo sick. an ,for, s.s IN ID. TO ia
tae. !, .en.iains t. -exn1o.66,
.la =. sso ~ tl. s:aacf." e.rri'd
to 'oe r.-e.msh>
Csriin.l Gibo- o, Oil leave B.iunors n'tt
month TO attend ,he c. iegs OF cardinals,
which meets at Ro ne ia March. psrns his
absence The .d.i,s Of the archdiocese vii be
mss.g,d b, Aon.tgaor NeCHs.a. the e.rai'
n.t's vIcsr-sepeFsl. Crdinsl Tsscnrreaa, o'
o .eosc, will st,.ad the sane coas'''oFr, sad
the too car in.is ~iil receive ID. rsi bat IRON
Pope Leo a, ID. one u ne. Th.y ~'ii be assea
about too months.
The German ship Ei,.beth, C.Ps Frsteries
G. usloe1st.at, from II ,nears Tor B.sunofs
v.nt ,,bore about ! O'Clock saturday morn
ing ne.r Little I,i.ni life s.',ag station. GA
The Virgin. coast. four,s-a miles south o
Can. H,ary Capt. H.lberst.di sni h's - holt
cre~. com pri,iag IN ell t.,os tao m'n, "s''
drowned. and also hrs heroic men from 10
lif,.aving crews vho h.d gone to the assist
.nce OF those on the .sab-th.
II va, announced last week thai joseph
perry and Richard Price, iso PnhsisiPnt'
uisers bad been found dead Ia that city Al
exploration Of the premises tsey bad Occupies
IA. been made. and a cousiderasi' amount o
treasure found the total amouni IN colo. paper
securities, etc, footing up aooni sloo' oo0
The soroners' physician said nat from 10
condition Of the remains tbs msn must oa'
been dead a, least four days. Doubtless the
fell on the door ia . druaken sta2'r and the
troze TO deIth.
A man was killed on the railroad near Ptn
burg the other d.y sod his body orsnght
III. city. 10 lifting the nsagied remains iro'
the baggage car silver s.'sa. stu raa.i"l
fell from the vest pocket. ose OF ,hs rai'roA
! emplo,es grabbed il, opeaed the blood stsint
, case, pulled ost pescil aud took the namae
w hat are you dsing that Tor! he was aske
Policy, he tersely replied. II isA poPal
| superstition among policy players that Il
number Of u watch found on man dying
violent death IS sure TO come out.
After several DAYS trial jury at New Be
ford, Mass, Saturday. under the civil dsns
act, awarded John o Cornell SO 800 for I,
o sale of LIQUOR to his wife. U'Connefs lit
, son aud daughter testified to the purchase
from half pint TO pint dsy for their moth
J, from NAV 10 November. 1884. DR.. 5.
l. HAYES testified that during that time NJ
lO'ConnelI was at the point OF death with del
INN tremens Mrs. OConnell took the sta
ii and testified that every day she drank from
I pint TO q quart Of whisksy, even during her
rious illness The law permits The recovery
r 500 for every s.l., and ss the declaration q
r Gifted bet y cen 400 and 500 sales verdict
n nearly $50, 900 was possible.
n In an excise case 10 New York on Ssturd'
where = saloon keeper Was held to bail 10
10 violation Of the excise Law, his counse. Ofe'
e, "A bail a diamond. Justice White at first
~ fused, thinking il was glass. The la~y
" however. explained and ii was taken As sec
IN i,v. II is the largest finished diamond in
M United States, aud Is known IS THE Pr
!. dent" IL is 6fty-two caras in weight !
10 cut with sixty-four facets. 1t is valued
e. S45 600. Ii was brought from the kimbe
~ mines in South Africa in 1885 ny Charles lie
of New York city, and originally weighed
e. cars,s. 1t outranks the Minnie Pail
Cleveland" which is valued at S4O, 900.
work of cutting THE President took
. months.
Monday night, when the thermometer il
~ Gated some thirty odd degrees below zero,
De- ward Meagher. about thirty years old, sta
,at to walk from ST. Paul, Mimi, to Fort Snell
a distance Of six miles. A, Meadota, I
nk from Fort Smelling, he stopped in public
rs, where q dance was in progress. Severa
the men present were iatox,cated and SON
's' them set upon Meagher. After quarrel 8
40 guns were prod uced and four Of the half dr.,
nd ed dancers he ped 6ll Msaghsr's body fu
shot. Oue charge took effect in his head
inc neck. and the other in his limbs. Eight Of
In ruffians then bound Nea CHER hand and foot
al placing him uncovered 10 a long box 81
drove him three miles 10 The house OF Ju
ore BRYANT, where be was left. The man had
sits profusey, and rs the warm blood h'"ed II
i, froze instantly, fastening the wounded
ans TO tho boards that formed the bottom OF
nu sleigh. His hands, face, and feet we're b
nj frozen. and it seems al nns' miracle that
life was left 10 him. lie WAS taken TO st
III and il now at the cit. hospital. Justice br
.rly released he assailaats on tn ir own reco.
.uc.. because, he says, they told him Me'
uh- , 80, tho 6yht Meavber c,uuUt rect